The Attack

Ailia walked along the dungeon corridor heading towards the last class of the day, Potions, reading through the notes from the previous lesson she turned the corner. Her previous class had been her favourite, she was the only student taking advanced a History of Magic, and today her class had been taught by both Professors Binns and Dumbledore, halfway into the lesson the three of them got into a rather heated discussion about why the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh's used their magic, to try to prove to the muggles that they were gods. Thinking that she should have taken more notes she didn't notice someone walking behind her, until he had grabbed her by the shoulders. Using her gut reaction she pushed back slamming him into the damp wall, she heard his breath catch in his chest, turning she caught him by the throat. She instantly recognised the concealing charm he had used; to look at his face would be like looking through frosted glass. Pushing him harder against the wall, she increased the reaching for her wand she used a binding spell, sticking him to the wall. Standing before him she tilted her heads

"Can I help you?"

"We know who you are..."

"And what am I?" she asked moving her face nearer

"The Elementai" he hissed "we know who you are, and my master wants you to join us"

"Join you? Oh dear he is rather delusional isn't he? I am here to help stop him not help him."

"If you do not join us by choice we will make you join us"

"I doubt it. Now are you going to tell me what you would have received if you had persuaded me to unite with the Death eaters, or do I have to force it out of you?" she heard her attacker chuckle

"I would have had you... my personal plaything, and trust me you would have enjoyed it!" His words made Ailia feel sick, after taking a few breaths she straitened her back.

"I think I need to punish you, to think I would want a piece of filth like you" she sneered, holding out a hand in front of her, a small ball of flames appeared "but how to punish you, when there is so much choice" the flames grew in her hand, she held it nearer to his face "I could use fire, but that can hurt quite a bit, so how about air"

A fierce wind blew through the corridor, pulling at his limbs, pushing and pulling in different directions, he cried out.

"No, I don't like that, waste of good air, how about my second favourite...earth"

The flagstone floor cracked and many vines started to climb up his legs, the higher they got, the more the sharp thorns dug into his flesh, crying out, he begged her to let him go. With a click of her fingers the vines disappeared. Leaning in to him

"but there again, my favourite has always been water, you can do so much with it, I could scald you so much that your skin would peel from your body like a banana, or I could drown you, filling your lungs with ice cold water. But again I am not that mean a person, so really I have the perfect solution"

With a smile she lowered her hand down his body she gently cupped his genitalia, that was when he felt it, it was a cool sensation at first, turning into an unpleasant ice cold feeling. She was freezing his penis and balls, when she was satisfied she had done enough, she stopped and released him from the binding spell, he crumpled to the floor in agony. She walked calmly away, deciding that she couldn't handle her potions class anymore, getting to the base of the stairs the calmness ended and she ran all the way to the library.

Pushing the heavy doors open she saw Madam Pince reading a book, glancing at the cover, she saw a witch and wizard embracing on the front cover, on what looked like a beautiful sandy beach, smirking slightly she coughed. Madam Pince jumped startled

"Dear God girl! You shouldn't creep up on people like that!" she said before

Hastily stuffing the novel into a side drawer of her desk. "shouldn't you be in class?"

"Well as I already know how to make the Living Death draught, I thought I'd get a start looking for the manuscripts" she said softly, looking around.

"Oh yes, the headmaster said that you might be coming in at sometime or another"

"You have any idea where I should start first?" the librarian pondered for a moment

"You could try the room at the top of the spiral staircase at the back, it does have a riddle, and I can't seem to remember the answer to, if you go up and can't figure it out, just yell for me, quietly of course"

"Oh of course" Ailia said smiling "and thank you"

She made her way to the back of the library, this was one of her favourite places in the school, it reminded her of the British Museum's library, her mother had taken her there many times when she was a child. She had never noticed the staircase before, and it seemed neither had any of the other students, judging by the layer of dust on the handrail. Climbing the creaky stair the door came into view. Upon it was a beautiful carving of an old pirate ship, around it flew a girl and many boys. Laughing as the boat fired a small wooden cannonball at one of the boys. She noticed that the main sail had words written on it; gently blowing away the dust she saw the riddle.

"There was a boy who would never grow old

A Wendy he loved and the stories she told

But misguided Tinkerbell found an archer

He found his target but what saved her?"

She thought back to her childhood, knowing the scene before her and the poem all referred to one of her favourite stories, Peter Pan. And she thought back to the scene, where Toodles had fired his arrow, the "Wendybird" had fallen, but much to his, Peter's and the lost boys surprise something had saved her, the acorn that Peter had given her in the nursery.

"Acorn!" she said proudly

But nothing happened, she frowned. That was the right answer, wasn't it? And then it hit her, she was thinking of the right thing, but in the book it had gone by another name. Rolling her eyes

"A kiss!"

The door slowly moved open revealing a room; the walls were covered in many bookshelves, holding ancient tomes. She raised her wand and levitated a dozen of the heavy books to the table between the two armchairs. She slung her school bag down next to one of the chairs and slumped into it. Taking a few minutes she thought about the incident in the dungeons her breath hitched, shaking the thoughts out of her head, she took out her parchment and a quill, she noted down the titles of the books before her, and began to search. An hour later the door opened, Severus walked quietly in, he smirked when he saw her, she was sound asleep, with her wave hair spread out behind her, she looked like an angel he thought to himself, rolling eyes as his own thought he tapped her on the shoulder.

"Good morning sleepy head" he said lowering himself into the opposite chair.

"Morning...what the hell? Its morning already!" she jumped up

"Hey calm down! I was joking, dinner hasn't even begun yet!"

"Asshole, so how did you know I was here?"

"Well I heard about your little incident earlier and I guessed you'd be here or by the lake, I tried here first"

"How'd you hear about it?"

"Some of the Slytherins were talking about how the new girl had got what she deserved; I don't know who it was though, sorry"

"That's okay, I am sure whoever it was will not be bothering me for a while anyway" she said grinning, he looked at her curiously

"Why, what did you do to him?"

"I pinned him to a wall and I froze a certain part of his anatomy!"

"Oh god, you didn't"

"Of course I did, he attacked me, I had to retaliate, who knows what he might have done otherwise"

"Which brings me to the question, why did he attack you, I mean I know that you are the Elementai and all, but to be honest there has to be a reason why you had to come here, I know your mother would only have let you come, if it was vitally important."

"Ok, I can tell you, but you are not allowed to tell anyone"

"Who am I going to tell anyway?"

"Oh yeah I forgot you don't have any friends!"

And so she told him the story, about what had happened and why she was at the school. By the time she had finished and he had pledged to help, it was dinner time. They made their way down to the Great Hall, but before they got inside the door they were interrupted by James, Sirius, Remus and Peter.

"What are you doing with him Ailia?" Asked James staring at Severus.

"Walking to dinner, why, is that a problem?"

"Yeah 'cause he's a dirty Slytherin" Snarled Sirius, both Remus and Ailia rolled their eyes.

"Guys just leave him alone" Remus said exasperatedly, Severus smirked

"Yes, listen to your scruffy friend and leave me alone" sneered Severus

Sirius growled and pushed Severus against the wall. Severus looked at him.

"What the hell do you think you are doing?"

"Protecting Ailia, from a dirty Slytherin" he frowned when Severus chuckled

"And where were you when she attacked earlier today huh? I think you had better figure out who you need to be talking to"

But Sirius didn't speak; neither did James, Peter or Remus. They were too busy staring at Ailia who was blushing a deep red.

"Someone attacked you today?" asked Peter

"I'd say he was just trying his luck"

She glanced over to Severus, to let him know that he should go. He nodded and edged his way to his own table. Meanwhile Ailia had pushed passed the boys and started to walk towards the Gryffindor table; she sat down and smiled at Lily.

"Hey Ailia, where were you today?"

"I decided to skip potions and go to the library"

"Or maybe she was avoiding us!" said James pouring himself a drink

"Lily tell your boyfriend to get off my back, please"

"James why are you bugging Ailia?"

"She was attacked today! Am I not allowed to protect my friends?"

"I have told you please, just leave me alone, he was obviously seeing how far he could push me, and trust me he got what he deserved"

"What did you do to him?"

"I froze his genitalia together"

"You did what?"

"He deserved it!"

"Ailia promise me that if I ever piss you off, let me apologise first!" said Sirius

"If you promise to leave me alone, and apologise to Severus"

"Wow just thinks it will be the second time in year you would have had to apologise to him, Sirius!" said Peter "ouch!" James kicked him

"Why did you have to apologise?"

"Oh it was a prank gone wrong" he said glaring at Peter

"Oh well, I suggest you get ready to do it again, and you too James"

Remus and Lily looked at Ailia grinning. Not even Lily's temper could make the two wildest marauders be this humble. They could tell things would never be the same again.

None of the happy group noticed a dark figure watching from the Slytherin table, he watched Ailia with malice. Rubbing his crotch he remembered the pain she had inflicted, oh he couldn't wait to get his revenge. The Dark Lord had promised that if he managed to get her into the group his rewards would high. He would have the girl to himself. Yes he thought to himself, he could wait, it would be well worth it.